Discount Stock

Read This Book--and Know What a Stock is Worth "Before You Invest Wall Street veterans know that the key to beating the stock market is to find, and buy, stocks trading at a discount to their true net worth. Yet, as recent events have proven, using the wrong valuation approach can be disastrous, often more dangerous than no approach at all. "Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock, Second Edition," introduces you to a simple and powerful valuation model that will help you calculate the true value of any stock and pay pennies on the dollar for some of today's most valuable companies. Anchoring stock valuation by using 10 proven principles of finance to help you intelligently manage your investments, this latest addition to McGraw-Hill's popular Streetsmart series will: Show you the secrets to buying undervalued stocks and selling overvalued stocks Guide you in managing the risk of investing in stocks Demystify the often-confusing steps in the stock valuation process Help you differentiate between a stock's market price and its intrinsic value The main reason that many investors consistently underperform the overall market is that, for the most part, they rely on "hot" tips and guesswork for their investment decisions. Let "Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock show you how to take the guesswork out of investing by knowing what you're buying--and "always buying it at a discount. "This book will make you a better informed, more intelligent, more profitable investor and will help you to understand why stocks such as Cisco trade at $14.45 and Berkshire Hathaway trade at $72,000 per share. Our valuation approach revolves around some very simple calculations that use only addition,subtraction, multiplication, and division--no calculus, differential equations or advanced math." --From the Preface Value and trust are two of the biggest question marks in today's tumultuous stock markets.

All About Single Stock Futures, and Why They Are Among Today's Hottest, Most Versatile Trading Vehicles Well-known in Europe but only available on U.S. markets since late 2002, single stock futures (SSFs) are fast becoming the vehicle of choice for traders and investors looking to increase their leverage, strengthen their cash flow, and dramatically improve both their upside potential and downside protection. So what are these simple yet powerful products, and how can they be used to improve the performance of virtually any portfolio or trading program? The Complete Guide to Single Stock Futures explores both the basics and the mechanics of SSFs. In addition, chapters written by professional traders provide up-close snapshots of SSFs in action. Let this step-by-step trader's guide show you: What single stock futures are, how they work, and how to make them work for youWhy SSFs can be cleaner, safer, and more profitable than stocks, whatever your trading or investing styleCommon sense strategies proven to work at every level of SSF trading Single stock futures are poised to revolutionize stock trading in the United States and throughout the world. But as with any innovation, the greatest rewards will come to the earliest adopters. Let The Complete Guide to Single Stock Futures introduce you to the many profitable uses of this affordable yet powerful trading opportunity, and put you on the leading edge of one of the first great trading breakthroughs of the 21st century. "Single stock futures may be the greatest trading tool since stock index futures were launched in 1982. They will, if used by educated traders, be one of the most useful trading tools U.S. markets have seen ina long time. The purpose of this book is to give you a brief history and education about the securities and futures markets, development of the regulation on these markets and single stock futures, and finally how to trade these new products.